Born Almighty Warrior
Chapter 724 The Massacring Pattern Strike

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Two surges of thunderous energy clashed against each other again. For a moment, it looked as if the blasts had caused the world to collapse. The whole area trembled violently as if the ground would split apart. Energy lashed out from the center of the attacks and engulfed everything in blinding brightness.

Two figures cut through the broken sky—one glowed bloody red while the other shone a blinding gold. Two deep dents were made in the sky as they traveled at a great speed, and two crimson stains trailed behind them like bloody rain.

Suddenly, the two huge figures shot out from the heated energy billow. They were knocked back by the impact so heavily that it took them great strength to stop. They were hundreds of miles away from each other when they finally regained their balance.

It appeared that the figures had again reached an impasse.

However, a closer look on the Shadow King revealed that his body was cracked and disfigured. The cracks on it seemed impossible to be repaired, not even with the king's bloody energy. It might have worked to repair and enhance but the injuries seemed too severe this time.

It was because the damage was caused by Ricky's Massacring Enlightenment. It was meant to be serious and permanent, one that was beyond the Shadow King's power to resist.

On the contrary, there was not a single scratch on Ricky's second level of Ultimate Golden Body. It was the version enhanced by the Massacring Soil. If the Shadow King's attack couldn't even pin Ricky down, there was no hope that it could leave any scars on the golden body.

“Good job. I knew the Massacring Soil wouldn't be a disappointment, ' Ricky thought with satisfaction after he came to a stop. Now his fighting spirit rose up again when he tasted the sweetness of this round's victory.

His golden body could control the Massacring Sand as its weapon now, which meant that Ricky's defense system was able to fight at the same time. This had added to Ricky's outstanding fighting capacity. It would be difficult for any warrior, let alone from the same level as him, to hurt him.

It was true that the Shadow King's strike was powerful and merciless, but he could not break through the defense of the golden body.

Apparently, the Shadow King was well aware of this fact, too. His anger and surprise were all written on his grim face.

The Shadow King's eyes burned with hatred as he wiped a trace of blood from his mouth. He had been confident that he could win, for in terms of strength, Ricky was weaker than him. But the power and toughness of Ricky's golden body were beyond his imagination. The last several rounds of their battle proved that. With the aid of the golden body, Ricky's fighting ability had slightly surpassed his, and this was enough to tip the balance between them. Anxiety and fury crawled under his skin as the Shadow King examined his body. He raged when he realized that it was nearly reduced back to the bloody red steam.

It was then that he truly realized his mistake. He underestimated this spiritual king from the outside world. Now, he realized that he was much stronger than he had expected.

The Shadow King's face darkened. He decided to bring out another of his secret weapons. The bloody red steam that surrounded him changed again. Its color darkened from its original crimson. When the transformation was completed, Ricky could feel the explosion of another kind of stronger power burst from within the Shadow King. His power had been leveled up in a short time

To Ricky's surprise, the cracks on the Shadow King's body started to heal quickly when enveloped by the dark energy. In the blink of an eye, the Shadow King had totally recovered from the last round of attacks.

"Go to hell!" As the Shadow King shouted hatefully, numerous streams of dark energy shot out from his body and transformed into huge dark swords. Ricky knew those were no ordinary swords. He could detect that each of them could be as powerful as a second-class upper spiritual king. "Bloody Fatal Attack! Now, have a taste of my Unlimited Blade Strike!"

At his command, the countless blades that encircled him fused together to form a blood-black sword. The sword was humongous, as if it could cut even the heavens. At a lightning speed, the sword penetrated through layers after layers of space and reached Ricky in a millisecond. Ricky was only able to see it when it was already pointed at his nose.

The Shadow King closely followed the sword. As Ricky looked at the deadly weapon, he could also see the king's twisted face behind it. However, before the sword hurt Ricky, the king transformed into a surge of energy and dived into the sword. As Ricky looked on in suspense, the king disappeared into the weapon and out came a ferocious beast. It raised its head from the sword and roared, its voice thunderous. Tide after tide of murderous intent shot up from the beast's maw and filled the whole space.

Although this was not the Shadow King's strongest attack, it was still one of his most powerful killing strikes, which he only used when faced with suitable challenging opponents!

A split second before the enhanced sword hacked at Ricky, another flow of energy exploded around him, and streams of massacring runes flooded out from his body. The runes stopped and quickly changed their direction in the air. As one, they charged towards Ricky like a rain of golden arrows! Like a button had been pressed, Ricky's Massacring Mutant was activated at once.

The light given out by Ricky's golden body became brighter as if in answer to the Massacring Mutant.

“This sword is formidable. It must be the Shadow King's most deadly sword skill. I need to bring out my best defense now, ' Ricky thought to himself, determination shining proudly in his eyes. They glowed a golden light, which reflected the shadow of the coming blood-black sword.

"It remains to be seen which one is stronger, your deadly sword, or the power from my Massacring Pattern Strike!

I'll show you now! Massacring Holy Attack—Massacring Pattern Strike!"

Ricky bellowed and waves of massacring runes rushed out from his Massacring Mutant. They gathered behind him and made a huge golden figure that took the shape of a giant ant. It was the figure of the Massacring Holy Ant. The whole sky was lit up by the figure instantly.

With the Massacring Mutant's energy scattered, Ricky activated the Massacring Holy Attack, as well as the powers of the massacring runes, Massacring Zone and all the inheritance he got from the Massacring Holy Ant tribe. When he combined these powers together, he created a fierce beam of golden light that was as wide as a road, and as deadly as a lion.

The figure of the Massacring Holy Ant kept unleashing aggressive energy which poured into the beam of light that surrounded Ricky. The thick and sharp light expanded bigger, and when it was nearly completed, it looked very much like the array patterns created by array masters.

And the moment the light lashed out to strike against the enemy, the figure of the Massacring Holy Ant behind Ricky stepped out to fuse with the golden light. It pointed straight at the Shadow King. Bang!

A deafening screech resounded throughout the space when the blood-black sword met with the golden patterned light head-on.

For a second, there was no sound or movement on the battlefield, as if time had been put temporarily on hold. Suddenly, surges of energy spun and rushed out from where the two strikes had hit each other. As the golden light and the blood-black energy blasted, everything was enveloped by the ripples of shock waves again.

Puff! Puff!

Amidst the thundering explosive sound, the sound of gushing blood could also be heard. Yet it was still unclear who had been wounded so badly.

The energy and dust went on billowing for quite a long time before the whole space gradually calmed down. When the cloud of smoke and blood settled down, two golden figures appeared standing straight in mid-air. It was Ricky and his second level of Ultimate Golden Body.

Although Ricky appeared unharmed, his golden body suffered a lot. A long and deep gash could be seen on the chest of the golden body. It was the first time that it had ever been severely damaged. Its surface was marred with many other tiny scratches all over. If it was made of flesh, it would be swimming in blood by now.

It couldn't be more obvious how violent this time's clash was. Ricky's second level of Ultimate Golden Body should have been invincible. It was enhanced by the Massacring Soil, and was further surrounded and protected by the Massacring Sand. Despite all these enhancements, the damages caused by the Shadow King were evident.

However, Ricky could hardly care less about the damages on the golden body at present, for he realized that the Shadow King was no where to be found. He activated all of his powers to search for him, but still he didn't feel any sign of the king. His face darkened as a sense of danger welled up inside him.

'Since he was still able to damage my golden body severely, he's probably not dead yet. Worse still, he has enough power to cover his tracks after the fierce collision. My intuition tells me that he is not only alive, but has also become stronger, * Ricky thought with a heavy heart.

His fear was proven right a few seconds later. He suddenly sensed surges of overwhelming killing intent as they came towards him from three different directions.

"Ah, now this is interesting. I never knew that you are a warrior with a mutant, and of a massacring nature, too. No wonder you were able to withstand my killing strike just now.” A cold voice suddenly spoke to Ricky. He heard it right, the voice came from three different directions.

Ricky quickly whipped his head around to look for the enemy. He witnessed the appearance of three Shadow Kings from three different places. They looked exactly the same in terms of appearance, manners and even the level of power they released.

Ricky was not surprised at all, for he had guessed it when he felt that the murderous intent from the enemy had been tripled. He had fought many battles with the Endless Shadow, enough to know much about one of their most powerful skills—the Shadowy Replication.

This was also the Shadow King's biggest ace. He had activated it during the blast, and it had instantly doubled his power.

"I knew you've got this up in your sleeve. The Shadowy Replication is my old friend. Let's see how well you can use this skill,” Ricky declared in a calm and stony voice.

Without hesitation, he pushed himself, and the color of his eyes changed. His Golden Spirit Eyes were activated at once.